Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302) and index.
Note
"The classic work updated."
Contents
The Indian movement -- The Indians of the American imagination -- The religious challenge -- Thinking in time and space -- The problem of creation -- The concept of history -- The spatial problem of history -- Origin of religion -- Natural and hybrid peoples -- Death and religion -- Human personality -- The group -- Christianity and contemporary American culture -- Tribal religions and contemporary American culture -- The aboriginal world and Christian history -- Sacred places and moral responsibility -- Religion today.
Summary
First published in 1972 during a resurgence in Native American activism, this work critiqued the Western spiritual worldview and its effect on Native Americans and the society as a whole.
